阳 — Chinese character
阳
yáng
the male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, open
- Pinyin
- yáng
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 阝 日
- Formation
- ideographic — The place 阝 of the sun 日; compare 阴
- Traditional
- 陽
Common words with 阳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 太阳 (太陽) | tài yang | sun; sunlight; sunshine |
| 阳光 (陽光) | yáng guāng | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic |
| 太阳能 (太陽能) | tài yáng néng | solar energy |
| 阳台 (陽台) | yáng tái | variant of 阳台 (yáng tái) |
| 阳台 (陽臺) | yáng tái | balcony; porch |
| 朝阳 (朝陽) | cháo yáng | to be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun |
| 朝阳 (朝陽) | zhāo yáng | the morning sun |
| 阴阳 (陰陽) | yīn yáng | yin and yang |
| 阳性 (陽性) | yáng xìng | positive; masculine |
| 太阳系 (太陽系) | tài yáng xì | solar system |
| 夕阳 (夕陽) | xī yáng | sunset; the setting sun |
| 阳痿 (陽痿) | yáng wěi | (medicine) impotence |
English words written with 阳
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.